[Coco] [Color Computer] 5 1/4" Floppy Drive

[Fedor Steeman]

Hi Sean,

I have so far had most success with hooking up a DD 3,5" drive to my CoCo.
That way, there is no need to install a special drive in your PC.

You would however need a different floppy cable to mate the disk controller
end with the 3.5" floppy end. Also, you would need a bunch of Double Density
3.5" diskettes (modern HD floppies cannot be used AFAIK).

Alternatively, you could use products like DriveWire and the coming CoCoNet
to transfer files. I have many times been tempted to acquire the fantastic
DriveWire product myself.

Cheers,
Fedor

2009/1/30 seanrussoct08 <seanruss at netzero.net>

> Hi to all Coco users!
>
> I am dusting off my old coco's and have a question.  I apologize if
> this is the millionth floppy question on here.  I called the local
> used computer store and the man said they have a large bucket of 5
> 1/4" floppy drives they sell for $5.00 ea.  But he doesn't know if
> they are 360K or what.
>
> My question is, will any 5 1/4" floppy drive work for transferring
> files from a PC to a Coco?  I should mention that i have a FD502 stock
> single sided low density floppy in the coco.  Should I get 2 and put
> one in the PC & one in the coco?  By the way I have a coco2 64K and a
> coco 3 128K.  I don't have OS-9 yet, i would like to download
> NitrOS-9, and other programs.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
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